Elizabeth Howell

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The predatory fish, nicknamed 'Ironbound', is on his way north to Canada.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in outer space spotted a solar eclipse when the moon passed in front of the sun on June 29, 2022.

Whether you call our planet the Earth, the world or a terrestrial body, all of these names have an origin story deep in history.

People in New York can catch the gorgeous "Manhattanhenge" this Memorial Day weekend on May 29 and 30.

A mile-wide asteroid passed by Earth on Friday (May 27) at a distance about 10 times that of the space between the Earth and moon.

Astronomers will have to wait a while to celebrate the first complete orbit of Pluto since its discovery.

The Tau Herculids could bring up a meteor storm, but there's a good chance it won't happen at all.

Here's the science of how rockets launch off Earth and zoom around space with no oxygen.

The difference between a frog and a toad is mainly skin-deep. Here's how to tell the amphibians apart.

Billions of people saw the sky show Sunday (May 15) to Monday (May 16).

We'll help you get set up outdoors or online, depending on your location or your preference.

You can watch a lunar eclipse turn the Flower Moon red on May 15 or 16, depending on your location, and it's even broadcast online in case you can't see it in person.

The show originates from Halley's Comet and may generate as many as 30 shooting stars an hour.

A thin cloud over the planets created a colorful 'corona' around Venus.

The rare partial solar eclipse stunned skywatchers on Apirl 30. Here's a look at their images.

As much as 64% of the sun will temporarily disappear from view Saturday (April 30), as a rare solar eclipse moves across part of our planet.

A partial solar eclipse is happening on April 30. Find out when, where and how to view the spectacular phenomenon.

The sun is a beehive of flaring activity in a stunning new photo from a NASA spacecraft.

For the second time in days, the sun hurled a large, X-class flare at Earth, causing radio blackouts and the potential for auroras.

The descent looked like a 'flying whirlpool' over Hawaii.

A sunspot that "awoke from the dead" last week triggered stunning aurora above Iceland.

After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.

You can watch a big asteroid make a safe flyby of Earth today (March 13) from any spot with good internet access.

The resulting debris created several dozen craters, the largest nearly 230 feet across.